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System and method to efficiently generate and switch page display views on a portable electronic book

US6493734B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1999
Grant dateDec 10, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/0283
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method to efficiently generate and switch page display views on a portable electronic book. The method includes generating an ebook binary file including a plurality of book views, each of the plurality of book views including information needed to generate page display images representing content of a reading material in a font having a particular font point size. The method further includes parsing the ebook binary file and generating the page display images representing content of a reading material.

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